My photographic adventures on the other side of the world

December 6, 2018

Hiking through the clouds

The third and final proper hike in our very short outdoor spurt was actually suggested by a fellow member of the local photo club. Located in Appenzeller land, the hiking route leads from Wasserauen to Ebenalp and the famous Wildkirchli via Seealp Lake. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend the club outing, so I instead arranged to do the hike with Kathrin and her brother. Of course we managed to pick the only grey and rainy day that week, which made the hike more difficult and we only ended up making it to Seealp Lake and back again. The low clouds and mist were however a real photographic treat and I was running around like a madman trying to capture impressions on a pair of analogue cameras. The constantly changing light proved to be a challenge as I was without a reliable light meter and I lost a few images by using the wrong camera settings. The photo series below is my attempt at conveying the atmosphere we experienced on the day of the hike as well as a bit of a tribute to just how interesting ‘bad’ weather can be.

Thank you for the compliment Celly! I use a variety of cameras for my blog posts, but for this outing I used a pair of analogue cameras. The main one I used was a Konica Autoreflex T3 that I picked up at a fleamarket for 17 Swiss Francs with a lens. For the panorama photos I used a Hasselblad X-Pan, which is a very nice analogue camera indeed!